Igor Mikhalkin Photo Credit: EC Box Promotion Certain nations have always been known for producing boxing talent: Mexico, Great Britain, the Philippines, Japan and, of course, the United States. And now Russia stands on the brink of joining this elite company. The latest Russian import from Irkutsk in eastern Siberia,

One of the fights that fight fans were looking forward to will no longer happen as Billy Joe Saunders middleweight title defense against #1 contender Avtandil Khurtsidze is now off due to Khurtsidze’s legal troubles. Khurtsidze, who is from Russian, but relocated to Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on Wednesday

In the afternoon outing of bouts, lightweight Anastasia Belyakova of Russia was put to the test as she had to give her all to best Mikaela Mayer of United States. Belyakova was more aggressive and had the higher volume, but Mayer landed the cleaner straight punches, which seemed to frustrate many

U.S. Olympic flyweight Antonio Vargas may have lasted longer than Charles Conwell, but not that much longer as he was eliminated by Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan. The bout wasn’t close as Zoirov, one of the favorites to win the tournament, put together a masterful performance that saw him win by the scores

HBO Sports will return to Russia for the first time since 2013 with a rare Monday night card that will feature light heavyweight champ Sergey Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs) defending against challenger Isaac Chilemba (24-3-2, 10 KOs)  from the DIVS Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The fight will fight will be tape

Widely considered the best cruiserweight in the world Denis Lebedev (29-1, 22 KOs) scored a spectacular second round TKO over IBF champion Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-3-1, 17 KOs) on Saturday night at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia to unify two of the four major titles in the division.

In some sad, but unsurprising news – Deontay Wilder(36-0 35KOs)  will not be fighting  per a SKY Sports report. Alexander Povetkin (30-1 22KOs), who failed for meldonium, the substance that Maria Sharapova was caught with last year in tennis after VADA conducted random tests weeks out from the fight. To

WBO, WBA and IBF light heavyweight world champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (29-0-1, 26 KOs) returns to his home country of Russia to defend all three of his belts against Isaac “Golden Boy” Chilemba (24-3-2, 10 KOs) on Monday, July 11 in Ekaterinburg. The fight will take place on the opening

In a rematch, IBF super lightweight champion Eduard Troyanovsky (24-0, 21 KOs) scored the same result over  former champion Cesar Cuenca (48-2, 2 KOs) on Friday night at the Krylia Sovetov in Moscow, Russia. Cuenca up until fighting Troyanovsky was 48-0, one away from Floyd Mayweather’s benchmark, but that would

Former cruiserweight world champion Enzo Maccarinelli (41-7, 33 KOs) scored what might be the final salvo of a legend’s career by way of a fourth round knockout over 46-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45 KOs) on Saturday night at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia. Maccarinelli floored Jones with an